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Show BRILLIANT SHAW COMEDY 15 ORIGINAL AND ALLURING Mrs. Patrick Campbell Delights De-lights Salt Lake Audience in "Pygmalion." ITT HEX Shaw first dropped the " critic's pen which he was accustomed accus-tomed to dip in fire, and turned to play-wrighting, play-wrighting, he produced a conventional drama to which he gave the classic title, "Arms and the Man." So orthodox ortho-dox was it that a composer transformed it into a light opera without difficulty, and gave it the somewhat less classic name of "The Chocolate Soldier." It was a good play of dramatic quality with a Buficiently stirring climax in the proper place, but must have caused its author many a poignant moment, for it broke a cardinal principle of what afterwards after-wards came to be known as Shavian-ism. Shavian-ism. It was much like other plays. Since then Shaw has striven to be intensely in-tensely original, and "Pygmalion" is tho product of his most alluring idiosyncracies. The title, however, is classical, but is merely an allusion to a famous transformation recorded in the classic myths, and this play deals with the transformation of a woman. Her name is not Pygmalion, but Eliza, a vulgar Cockney flower girl who, on a bet, is transformed into a fine society lady .by mere tricks of speech. It was Burke who said that two educated edu-cated men could not Btep under a bridge together out of the rain for a moment without discovering each other's culture. Perhaps Shaw had thin in mind when he created the first scene of 'Pygmalion.'' A sudden tempest drives various persona per-sona to the shelter of a church portico in London. Some are society folk, some are cockneys, some thugs and blackguards. black-guards. One is Henry Higgins, a student stu-dent and professor of phonetics; another Is Colonel Pickering, a student of Indian In-dian dialects. A flower girl addresses Hlgglns and immediately he tells "her what part of England she comes from. This leads to a row, tn which Higgtns !s denounced by the blackguards, and he amazes and anger? each by telling them what part of London they come from. When the row becomes brisk. Colonel Pickering intervenes, arui Is delighted to make the acquaintance of his fellow pundit in the arts of speech. Tills leads to the wager about the flower girl, whom Hlgglns takes under his wing. He wagers that he will be able In sU months' time to make her pass muster at the garden party of a duchess. Need-loan Need-loan to say he succeeds, but between the wager and the triumph there Is much j quaint comedy and clever exposition of j varied characters. Naturally the play divides Itself loto three parte, although there are flva acts. In the first two acts. KUza Is a cockney of vulgar speech and ways- The third act reveals Eliza In the middle stage. The professor tries her skill at his moth-ers moth-ers "afternoon at home." There Eliza meets some prim, dull, refined peraons and converses with them while the professor pro-fessor and '"olonel Pickering observe the results. Eliza has been warned to speak only of the weather Hnd of matters of health. She gets through the weather talk fairly well, but stumbles badly when It comes to the health conversation and falls Into startling cd kneyism. The professor pro-fessor succeeds In convincing the guests that this Is the "new smalt talk," the latest thin in the best society, find thus rescues Eliza .ind himself and the colonel from a slt'.iatlon that Is rapidly becoming becom-ing it c s pawn t e . Th e last two ac t s sh o w Ellaa In perfect form. In the fourth act the triumph of the garden party occurs and the professor and the colonel rejoice over what hn lecn achieved, forgetting Eliza. She Is piqued and resentful, and when the colonel goes to bed u stormy scene occurs bet ween t he professor and Eliza, who, forgetting her grand role of drUOhaH for a moment, hurls the profes-Kor's profes-Kor's slippers in his face. Every nitty, of course, must have nn ending, and Shaw hns devised on' for "Pygihallon." The girl does not marry a lord, and If she marches to the altar with the prof'Mor It In "off stagn." The audience Is a bit bewildered when the curtain falls, but quite sure that It has seen n brilliantly clever comedy enacted by one of the greatest of actresses. Wlitthar as the cockney flower girl or As the ulrl sirugKlIng with mysteries of refined speech and blundering atrociously Or lastly as the perfect lady of high society so-ciety so fur J; speech and mnnners are ooncsmad Mrtl Campbell Is wholly ml -tnlrabla, Especial commendation Is due J. W, Austin for ills chaTaotartxatton of the Orochdty, fldgaty, 111 - ma ni tared professor of phonetics, to Camsron Uathaw m Colonel Pickering and to Edgar Kent for his remark able character study of Alfred Al-fred DoolKtU, BHU B father, wlio figures In some of the most entertaining comedy of the play. 'Pygmalion'' will he seen again at the mntlnee this afternoon and at the performance per-formance tonight. Mrs. Campbell has decided de-cided to omit "Ssarchllghts." which was scheduled for tomorrow evening, and she will present "The Second Mrs. Tan . querav" at the matinee Wednesday and again in the evening. Plucky "Paramount Girl," Lost in Novnda Desert, Found by Prospectors; Pros-pectors; Continues Journey. rpHAT an attempt to drive an automo-bile automo-bile alone across the continent Is a ertoUa matter for a woman has been demonstrated already to Anita KIhk, "the Paramount girl," although hor trip was started only inst Wednesday. Mian King, who iw a noted motion picture aotraaa was expected to rea.-h hero and talk to her friends from the stage of tho American Ameri-can theater today, but It Is now I IT) DO, sfblr for her to roel, Salt Mkr before tomorrow. After many telegrams had been sent and much telephoning had been done bv Manager Sims of I he Amerlcnn, he suc-Cssdsd suc-Cssdsd yesterday In receiving the following follow-ing Iclcgram from Miss King; Elko. Nov.. Sept. It. H. A. Minis, Manager Amerlcnn Theater, The-ater, Ball Lake, t 'lty : lluvn been losl . struck In mud trying try-ing tO Crosi tO FmllOn. Worked for eleven hours. Could not get out wn Axhauated. Was round s a. rn u three men Who were prospectors and had heard me shool Ing my gnu for help. Was taken ( LoValOOka, start-I start-I ed OUt tie I day and ha ve been on SALT LAKE -Mr.. Patrick Campbell Two days more. Matinee, today and tomorrow. ORPHEUM - Vaudeville. Performances Perform-ances every afternoon and evening. PANTAGES - Vaudeville. Performances Perform-ances every afternoon and evening. UTAH The Utah Players open the season with "The Misleading ldy September 13. EMPRESS The Empress stwrk company com-pany opens Sunday night. September Septem-ber 12. In "Within the Law." MOTION PICTURES. BROAD W A I" Today and tomorrow. Ann Murdock In "A Royal Family. MEHEST "The Diamond From the i sky" and "The Brand Blotters." Today only. AMERICAN George Fawcett in "The Majesty of tho Law." Kathiyn W illiams in "The Strange Case of Talmal Llnd." Organ recital by Professor J. .7. McClellan between 3 and 4:30 today, violin solo by Professor Willard E. Welhe In the evening. LIBERTY Theda Bara la "A Fool There Was," with other photoplays. REX Marie Cahill In the five-act comedy feature, "Judy Forgot," from the stage success of the same name. EMPRESS TI.e Empress Stock com-, com-, pany opens next Sunday night playing play-ing "Within the Law." for one week. the desert two days and nights. Just found this town. Will try to get to Salt Lake Wednesday with the help of God. ANITA KING, The Paramount Girl. Until late last night, after the receipt of Miss King's telegram, the local theater the-ater tried to locate her In order to provide pro-vide aid if required, but It appeared that in spite of the trials and hardships she had endured, the young womai. had agaJn started alone In her car In an effort to make up for lost time. She Is carrying a message from the mayor of San Francisco to the mayor of New York and hopes to make the entire journey across the United States alone. Miss Mary Louise Dyer Combines Restraint With True and Unaffected Unaf-fected Art in Her Acting. MARY LOUISE DYER, who Is playing In "The Meanest Man in tbe World" at the Orpheum, Is a shining example ex-ample of real restraint and genuine art In dramatics. She plays her role as if she were unconscious of her audience, and quite without seeming regard for applause. Yet she never falls to succeed in winning both. "I think I learned restraint because I was so disgusted with Its oppoelte. as generally seen," declared Miss Dyer. "I ltave not been in vaudeville before this reason, but played In es stern stock companies. com-panies. I do not altogether blame people 'n that work for being strident, or for overplaying, because wi-.al with learning a new play even.- week, they must be quick to 'get' their audiences, or they are not successful. But while I saw the reason for the lack of restraint usually found. I could no play that way myself. my-self. It was impossible I suppose the dislike was ingrained." Th, follo-rl-s t.'.v wxl-e, ai m,-4-' adrcrtlBemecit' to corr.pl-. with a r.rprtuilpn or ir f-io il -;w-iPapor la lino li-no ro tner paid adTarLlaemaCA ba'&c Kerrta fttrnUhed by tba pren af-Mta of tb -annua tbaater-a. ORPHEUM Bruno Steindel. who has been soloist with the Theodora Bendlx orchestra or-chestra for years, is one of the world's recognised musicians. The Rtelndei brothers, broth-ers, his three nephews, have also been conspicuous In musical circles and are now on a vaudeville tour, appearing now at the Orpheum, where they are offering a short musical recital very much on the order given by Theodore Bendlx. The trio plav the piano, oello and violin, respectively, re-spectively, and each Is a master of his particular Instrument. UTAH The advance sale of tickets, which commences today at the Utah theater. the-ater. Is expected to be unusually heavy. Numerous Inquiries have been made of the management concerning both the Hampton sinners, who appear there next Friday and Saturday evenings, and the Utnli Players' presentation of "The Misleading Mis-leading lAdy.' to open ihe geajton next Monday. While the big theatrical event of the week Is the opening of the season sea-son at the Utah, the appearance of the Hampton quartette Is creating no little interest Its members are picked from a chorus of more than riHl and thev sing the negro folk music and the old' plantation plan-tation songs of the south as only the highly trained negro vocalist can sing thorn. PANTAGES A good show and a lot of fun will be the rawiird for those who attend the performance at the Pantagtv Ihls evening. In addition to the splendid splen-did six-act bill, headed bv Bothwell Hrown und his danclnc g'rls in "The Green Venus." the fun will he augmenled by (he ,Tot-away" nlsht feature. In which each of the actors will connive with the other to create a sensailon F.MFRKSS As meek, yet clever and l.lngeroiu. a crook as ever preved upon society Is Joe Carson In "Within the l.ew "let even Joe Garsnn dlsplavs acme redeeming qualities- not.iblv when Police Inspector Burke finally catehc mm. it Is then thnt G-trscn sacrifices his every chance for life lhat Man Turner he girl.' may to free. The' F.mpress stock company will N seen nt that theater the-ater hi "Within the Law" for one week, beginning Sundav. uASSPW&F ,n beginning to the et1 f i. flve stirring reels Vl,e Majesty of ,,e I aw" ,.r, one of the most interesting phoioplavs that ha, ' slmnn recently. on the ., two-ho-m Programme the Amerioan todav and to morrow show, K.ihlyn TOMaSa S her newest sensational . ' The Stranja gaaj of Talmal Llnd," a throe-act d -.inn u," k"T M''r,-I," 1'ves an organ rV: ,1 tL t ! Tlo,,n that I,' , , h ro music b the theaters new twenty. piece orchestra. stirs ; the soul, "A Fool There V , to be shown at the Libert- iilr.. a . (hose drama" . (wo o h ' ""'" in, ana two o J '', ? aoreened "Neat of the N-., "v Hiring the ,,, "! I''KOI.' fe,. Who Unit make, hi n,.r ?Lrl lodnv. ti. Rax haV an .fh5S5'.n "eds f other ruZ n"n-""- rlJ eifui watterr, , , , J m6' no-ooncarni no-ooncarni a bane """o,!. u "f th to ,,!e!,' "'' r -''rrs Rao,, and tbrouthotil la "'tio j'y Pratt, ,ov a,r:"vTh-;r- From Ih. Sky." '1SS - -: rjllwr, Is hill of taan" k: 1; iOAPWAT Ann Vr4 fc 1 1 on JJJj n ! -: rr;.v. ' '-Vvi h- Vo k I ! CWW ?5 . : l'lv. W ' 'li Murdook on '."TiTH LT' .-,,. am) many nc lln.) li.vr haw |